cannibal

Definitions


[ˈkanɪbl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a person who eats the flesh of other human beings
(e.g: cannibal tribes)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century: from Spanish Canibales (plural), variant (recorded by Columbus) of Caribes, the name of a West Indian people reputed to eat humans (see Carib)




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